Good rear tire price...

[hubcapsc]

Avon Cobra AV72 180/70-16 (77H) was $150 at Jake Wilson when I looked
last night... that's pretty good, I think.

I made good on my threat to "have the little man" mount my next tire,
so I bought one at the local Suzuki store this morning for $200 plus
$25 for mounting... ouch... my threat cost $75... I might have to
rethink it.

This thing is about $550:

https://www.nomartirechanger.com/Classic_Model_Motorcycle_Tire_Changer_p/tc-classic.htm

... and then I'd probably want a couple of their accessories... posi-clamps and maybe a
receiver mount...

This tire is for the 1500, but one thing I know for sure -
I'm done fighting that low-profile rear tire on the 1800 with spoons   ...


-Mike

[Leathel]

In New Zealand you are looking around $400 for rear tires..... $280ish US......  A bit costly

[..]

OR you can use this for between $55 and $65 for a 1500 Valkyrie tire

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Champiro+VP1+&t=ffab&ia=products

3,500 miles so far and I will never use a different C/T, especially a square shouldered one.

[da prez]

  Brit , I put that tire on a bike that I rehabbed. O liked the way it handled. My brother also rode it before I sold it. A great tire. Do not know what the life time mileage will be , but it is cheap enough to replace. I did not do any wet weather driving with it ,so no input there.

                                            da prez





         

[hubcapsc]

I no longer believe in "cheap enough to replace"... the AV71 I put on the
back of the 1800 for $75 will probably be gone at 2000 miles...

-Mike "and car tires make your bike catch on fire"

[da prez]

  And if you park next to the bikes that leave oil stains , you will have a bonfire. 

                                                da prez

[Hooter]

At that price ($550) you can have the rear tire replaced 5+ times. In my case I'd be 20 up before that would be necessary!   

[hubcapsc]

At that price ($550) you can have the rear tire replaced 5+ times. In my case I'd be 20 up before that would be necessary!   

My bikes eat rear tires @ about 5K... and not because I'm a hotshoe... I like the freedom
of waddling out to the shed to change the tires without depending on someone else,
but I'm tired of the spoons...

-Mike "and the 1800's low profile rear tire kicks my butt..."

[cookiedough]

been finding if you buy the tires at the dealership or other similar shop just to save on labor of install, the overall price is still cheaper by a little bit if you buy tires online and pay the extra 30-50 bucks install  at the dealer or other shop. 

I wonder though if the say 20-30 bucks saved (or so) is worth it if there is issues with the tire buying at dealership can you go back to the dealer more so to get warranty issues out of the tire if is bad from factory more so vs. buying tire online yourself and having dealership install it.  Either way I would think the owner of the bike would have to contact the mfg. of the tire to get warranty issues taken care of say first 1000 miles or so, but maybe certain dealers would help with that process if bought the same tire from them vs. buying it online?  not sure?

[Gary]

Not sure where in SC you're located but last October my son and I brought in the old tires on the wheels along with the new Jake Wilson Avons to Champion Honda BMW in Charleston. They did them for $25 each and a $5.00 disposal fee for the two. Since they already had the metal valve stems, those weren't replaced.

[cookiedough]

Not sure where in SC you're located but last October my son and I brought in the old tires on the wheels along with the new Jake Wilson Avons to Champion Honda BMW in Charleston. They did them for $25 each and a $5.00 disposal fee for the two. Since they already had the metal valve stems, those weren't replaced.

pretty common around here if you do most of the work can get easily new tires put on the rims if you bring just that into a shop for well under 40 bucks.  Expect 70-100 bucks per tire though if bringing in the entire bike.

[3fan4life]

Avon Cobra AV72 180/70-16 (77H) was $150 at Jake Wilson when I looked
last night... that's pretty good, I think.

Just got one for $141.88 Shipped.

And yes that is a good price, I've been paying $130 for Shinko's.

[cookiedough]

Avon Cobra AV72 180/70-16 (77H) was $150 at Jake Wilson when I looked
last night... that's pretty good, I think.

Just got one for $141.88 Shipped.

And yes that is a good price, I've been paying $130 for Shinko's.

not so sure the rear avon cobra is much better, if any, than the shinko se890 journey rear tire?

[cookiedough]

speaking of tires,  would one spend say 75 bucks for 2 brand new front/rear tires worth if new if bought online both for 270 bucks being already 2 years old (if in good shape overall) code date early 2015 if you knew you did not need them for 2 more full riding seasons (possibly 3?).  By then, the new tires stored in my basement would be 4 years old still new though?  I am thinking why not only out 75 bucks and if I ever get a nail/screw hole, etc. in one of the 2 tires in next 1-2 riding seasons, money well spent.

[3fan4life]

Avon Cobra AV72 180/70-16 (77H) was $150 at Jake Wilson when I looked
last night... that's pretty good, I think.

Just got one for $141.88 Shipped.

And yes that is a good price, I've been paying $130 for Shinko's.

not so sure the rear avon cobra is much better, if any, than the shinko se890 journey rear tire?

I've ran both.

I tend to get a few more miles out of the Avon (not many).

The Avon does stick to the road better.

At full price I'll take the Shinko over the Avon all day long.

But for less than $12 difference, I'll take the Avon.

[hubcapsc]

Well... it sure was nice to hand over the wheel with the worn out tire in the morning and
get the wheel back with a brand new tire on it that afternoon, though I'm still smarting
at the cost.

Then we went to Charleston last weekend, and were only back for one day before we
got wind and rain and tornadoes and a taste of winter... it was 40 degrees this morning
and it flurried a little just up the hill. And the weather also brought us one of those
thunderclaps that coincided with the lighting flash in the middle of the night, that'll
wake you up. And fry your dvd player...

Anyhow, the bike is still apart, I'll re-assemble it this weekend. On the one non-weather
day, I cleaned up the final drive and looked at the brakes... the only thing worn out
was the tire 







-Mike "no tornadoes right at my house..."

[Binkie]

Hey Mike....skinhead has a tire changer very similar to the one you posted a link to. I've used it to change tires with and it works great. He made a mount that goes into the receiver hitch on a vehicle so it stays put and allows you not to worry about the thing moving about.

[hubcapsc]

Hey Mike....skinhead has a tire changer very similar to the one you posted a link to. I've used it to change tires with and it works great. He made a mount that goes into the receiver hitch on a vehicle so it stays put and allows you not to worry about the thing moving about.

Thanks for the confirmation... the place I posted has a receiver mount option,
I was thinking about that... is Sinkhead's rig easy to "stash off in the corner" somewhere? I
don't have a good place to permanently set one up, so that's why the receiver thing
seems good to me...

-Mike

[Binkie]

I believe it is since he has limited storage space also but pm him and ask.

[mark81]

 Brit , I put that tire on a bike that I rehabbed. O liked the way it handled. My brother also rode it before I sold it. A great tire. Do not know what the life time mileage will be , but it is cheap enough to replace. I did not do any wet weather driving with it ,so no input there.

                                           da prez

I had 10k miles on my champiro when I changed it

Mike, do you clean up the splines with brake cleaner before reapplying molly? I just did the best I could with a rag and some q-tips to get the old out.  And a shot of wd40 in the weephole for the driveshaft to make sure it wasn't plugged up.


         

[hubcapsc]

Mike, do you clean up the splines with brake cleaner before reapplying molly? I just did the best I could with a rag and some q-tips to get the old out.  And a shot of wd40 in the weephole for the driveshaft to make sure it wasn't plugged up.

I get it out with some paper towels and some WD... and finish them with Q-tips sometimes  ... I'm
not much in a hurry and I like to get them clean enough to look down in there with my
camera to see the state of things. I changed my final drive fluid a few thousand miles ago,
I noticed nice honey-colored fluid dripping out of the pinion cup when held the final drive with
the pinion cup pointing down, so my holes are clear...

-Mike